Comparison of screencasting software

A comparison of notable screencasting software programs, that are used to record activities on the computer screen, mouse movement, and often includes live audio for later playback. Screencasting is an asynchronous communication technology (not real-time). This category of software is used for recording demonstrations, remote technical assistance, sales presentations, and training.

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Comparison by specification

Product Name Publisher Latest stable version Latest release date OS Software license Open source
ActivePresenter Atomi Systems 3.0 2011-10-15 Windows Proprietary commercial No
ActivePresenter Free Edition Atomi Systems 3.0 2011-10-15 Windows Freeware No
Adobe Captivate Adobe Systems 5.5 2011-05-27 Windows
Mac OS X		 Proprietary commercial No
Bandicam Bandisoft 1.6.1.113 2011-03-16 Windows Proprietary commercial No
BB FlashBack Blueberry Software 2.8 2011-02-17 Windows Proprietary commercial No
BB FlashBack Express Blueberry Software 2.8 2011-02-17 Windows Freeware No
BSR Screen Recorder BSRSoft 5.2.1 2011-04-18 Windows Proprietary commercial No
CamStudio CamStudio.org 2.6 Beta 2010-10-27 Windows GPL Version 2 Yes
Camtasia Studio TechSmith 7.1 2010-10-12 Windows Proprietary commercial No
Camtasia for Mac TechSmith 1.1.1 2010-06-01 Mac OS X Proprietary commercial No
Capture Fox Zafer Gurel 0.7.0 2009-11-25 Windows MPL Version 1.1 Yes
FFmpeg FFmpeg.org 0.9 2011-12-11 Cross-platform[1] LGPL Yes
Fraps Beepa Pty Ltd 3.4.7 2011-10-22 Windows Proprietary commercial No
Freeseer FOSSLC 2.5.3 2011-05-24 Windows
Mac OS X
Linux		 GPL v3 Yes
HyperCam Hyperionics & Solveig Multimedia 3.0.1006.10 2010-06-16 Windows Proprietary commercial No
Jing Pro TechSmith     Windows
Mac OS X		 Proprietary commercial No
Jing TechSmith     Windows
Mac OS X		 Freeware No
Microsoft Expression Encoder Microsoft Corporation 4 2010-06-08 Windows Proprietary commercial No
Nero Vision Nero AG 10.6.10800 2011-04-19 Windows Proprietary commercial No
Pixetell Ontier Inc. 1.3.11913 2010-01-15 Windows Proprietary commercial No
QuickTime X Apple Inc. 10.0 (118) 2010-03-29 Mac OS X Part of Mac OS X No
RecordMyDesktop SourceForge 0.3.8.1 2008-12-13 Linux GPL Yes
Screencam SmartGuyz Inc. 3.3.0 2009-03-24 Windows Proprietary commercial No
ScreenFlow Telestream 3.0.2 2011-08-11 Mac OS X 10.5 Proprietary commercial No
Screenpresso Learnpulse 1.2.6 2011-09-28 Windows Freeware No
Screenpresso Pro Learnpulse 1.2.6 2011-09-28 Windows Proprietary commercial No
SnagIt TechSmith 10.0.1 2011-04-21 Windows
Mac OS X		 Proprietary commercial No
Snapz Pro X Ambrosia Software 2.2.3   Mac OS X Proprietary commercial No
VirtualDub Avery Lee 1.9.11 2010-12-24 Windows GPL Yes
VLC media player SourceForge 1.1.11 2011-07-15 GNU
Linux
Windows
Mac OS X
FreeBSD
Syllable
OS/2
BeOS		 GPL Yes
Windows Media Encoder Microsoft Corporation 9.00.00.3352 (x86)
10.00.00.3809 (x64)		 2002 Windows Freeware No
Wink Satish Kumar 2.0 2008-07-14 Windows
Linux		 Freeware No
XVidCap SourceForge 1.1.7 2008-07-13 Unix-like GPL Yes

Comparison by features

Product name Can record audio? Records entire desktop? Supports full-screen OpenGL? Supports full-screen DirectX? Supports editing?
ActivePresenter Yes Yes ? ? Yes
Adobe Captivate Yes Yes ? ? Yes
Bandicam Yes Yes Yes Yes No
BB FlashBack Yes Yes ? ? Yes
BSR Screen Recorder Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
CamStudio Yes Yes ? ? Yes
Camtasia Studio Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Capture Fox Yes Yes ? ? No
FFmpeg Yes Yes Yes ? No
Fraps Yes Yes Yes Yes No
HyperCam Yes Yes ? ? No
Microsoft Expression Encoder Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Nero Vision Yes ? ? ? Yes
Pixetell Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RecordMyDesktop Yes Yes ? N/A No
Screencam Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ScreenFlow Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes
Screenpresso Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SnagIt Yes Yes Yes Yes No
VirtualDub Yes ? ? ? Limited
VLC Yes Yes ? ? No
Windows Media Encoder Yes Yes ? ? No
Wink Yes Yes ? ? Yes
XVidCap Yes ? ? N/A No

References

  1. ^ "Download". FFmpeg website. FFmpeg team. http://ffmpeg.org. Retrieved 10 December 2011. 

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